All the President’s Men is a film, based upon the book of the same name by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, concerning the pair’s investigation into the Watergate Hotel and the subsequent political scandal that shocked the nation. Starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffmann, All The President’s Men is an excellent political conspiracy drama that not only respects the events that occurred, it is also supremely entertaining. Robert Redford is one of my favorite actors of the previous generation, and he is, as per usual, great in this film. It is also very well directed and shot, and the writing, much like Spotlight (which I consider to be somewhat of a spiritual successor to this 1976 film) is very on point and at no point clumsy. From both a technical standpoint as well as a thematic one, All The President’s Men is a masterclass political thriller/historical biopic that carries a well-deserved reputation as one of the best films in it’s genre. In film circles, the reputation of All The President’s Men is only slightly eclipsed by the real-life events it depicts, and for good reason. All The President’s Men is a supremely entertaining work on it’s own, but it also adds to the legacy of the Watergate Scandal, which, for what it’s worth, was interesting enough on it’s own as a juicy story and a journalistic triumph. I loved this film.